Correct. The founding fathers understood this quite well, which is why they went for a constitutional republic. A constitutional republic is based on the rule of law, NOT mob rule.
They also decentralized all the real power to the states, and within states to the counties, along with the famous checks and balances between the 3 branches of the federal government. These checks and balances were then imitated by almost all the state governments as well.
An ingenious system. It is amusing to see morons thinking that they are smarter than the founding fathers - trying to undo the government that has proven itself to work so well for almost 250 years now...
All democracies throughout history have failed, and devolved into totalitarian governments instead. That is apparently what the GodBlessAmerica58 account wants.
Even with paper ballots you are still counting on people to do whats good for your state or community. Term limits will just mean getting rich ASAP. Representative government is a failure... A politician should have one vote just like everyone else. Consolidation of power in the hands of a few, what can go wrong? We don't need multiple thousand page bills with all kinds of earmarks that no one reads before the vote.
We need a very small percentage of the government, the rest is a waste and corrupt.
I don't see how people could vote on things themselves. I don't want to spend my time studying legislation. And nobody I know would be interested in doing that either.
And so people would be voting on things that they don't know anything about, based on popularity only.
For example, most tv commercials for products do not talk about the product at all. They just have some cute animal or script that gives you the feels.
I believe this poll has more than one tactical goal - First, it’s likely to draw Bots out for sure … but we know there is ‘more than meets the eye’ to this story… with Elons tweet ‘Careful what you wish for …’
Who is waiting in the wings to take over Twitter? Who will Elon hand the ‘reigns’ too?
Could it be Kushner? Or an investigative powerhouse???
Only works if you can instantaneously verify who is polling. But we have all the bots, etc. we're not ready for that kind of democracy and this is a republic not a democracy.
No. Direct democracy is mob rule, and online it is a self-selected group of voters.
Correct. The founding fathers understood this quite well, which is why they went for a constitutional republic. A constitutional republic is based on the rule of law, NOT mob rule.
They also decentralized all the real power to the states, and within states to the counties, along with the famous checks and balances between the 3 branches of the federal government. These checks and balances were then imitated by almost all the state governments as well.
An ingenious system. It is amusing to see morons thinking that they are smarter than the founding fathers - trying to undo the government that has proven itself to work so well for almost 250 years now...
All democracies throughout history have failed, and devolved into totalitarian governments instead. That is apparently what the GodBlessAmerica58 account wants.
Exactly! “Democracy” is two wolves and a sheep discussing what they are going to have for dinner.
Really? Maybe he is showing how many bots we have controlling polls on twitter. Or how those in charge of the machines can change polls at will.
Even with paper ballots you are still counting on people to do whats good for your state or community. Term limits will just mean getting rich ASAP. Representative government is a failure... A politician should have one vote just like everyone else. Consolidation of power in the hands of a few, what can go wrong? We don't need multiple thousand page bills with all kinds of earmarks that no one reads before the vote.
We need a very small percentage of the government, the rest is a waste and corrupt.
I don't see how people could vote on things themselves. I don't want to spend my time studying legislation. And nobody I know would be interested in doing that either.
And so people would be voting on things that they don't know anything about, based on popularity only.
For example, most tv commercials for products do not talk about the product at all. They just have some cute animal or script that gives you the feels.
We really don't need many laws and they don't need to be complicated. Lawyers made this mess.
I agree that lawyers have been a wildly destructive force in our society, but I disagree that laws can be simple into today's complex society.
That would be mob rule. Fuck that.
I believe this poll has more than one tactical goal - First, it’s likely to draw Bots out for sure … but we know there is ‘more than meets the eye’ to this story… with Elons tweet ‘Careful what you wish for …’
Who is waiting in the wings to take over Twitter? Who will Elon hand the ‘reigns’ too?
Could it be Kushner? Or an investigative powerhouse???
Heh, yes
Yeah sure, they’ll weary you with bullshit then slip a “Should we ban all guns?” poll in while you’re not paying attention.
Only works if you can instantaneously verify who is polling. But we have all the bots, etc. we're not ready for that kind of democracy and this is a republic not a democracy.
Who are the 42 people who are voting for mob rule? How many bots are here at GAW